Seriously...

If reincarnation existed, I would want to come back as our cats.

Seriously....

What a life!!!

Truly spoiled little boys!

Under $10.00 makeover

I picked up this random pantry door from a friend and had no idea what I was going to do with it.

All I knew is that I loved it and would figure out what to do with it.

When we moved to our new home, the idea came to me.

We have this huge wall outside and no where to hang our towels when we get out of the pool.

So, I went to Lowe's and picked out the cheapest knobs on clearance.

They were so ugly, but they had potential.
One coat of brown paint is all it took to cover the brass color.

 I also bought a "tester" paint can for a few dollars.

Of course, it had to be turquoise...my fav color!

After it dried, I distressed it a bit and viola!

Look at my new, cute towel holder.

We love it!

Yay....Yay...Whatever....

Call me corny,

call it cheesey,

Yay....Yay...Whatever....

I LOVE VALENTINE'S DAY!

I am a true romantic.

The cornier the better!

I love love!

So, how did we celebrate Valentine's Day?

We started off with heart pancakes.

(This year...made by my sweet hubby...hence the enormous dab of butter!)

I wore my only pink sweater I own and pulled out my cute hearts.


We gave little gifts

and I decorated Brendan's room.

This year we saved the heart pasta,

and went out to lunch

 Lots of hugs were given,

And, of course...we had to play Valentine's Angry Birds.

As we were cooking dinner, Brendan found some old Valentine's Day cups and plates.
So, he decided to decorate the table.  (Puffle had to join too)

Brendan wanted his graph to be the centerpiece.

 This was the final table, ready for dinner.

Brian grilled steaks and of course...
I had to make pink mashed potatoes.

 And finally, my sweet hubby surprised us with these little bits of heaven.

You may ask...

Was it all worth it?

It was 100%! This is what I heard after dinner;

 "Mom, this was the best Valetime's Day ever! and by the way...I love you and dad!"

My heart melted!
He has never been so lovey.
Every single cheesey bit was worth it!

I hope you all felt very loved today!

Fruit Ninja

This is one of my son's fav games on the droid.

So, what do you do when you are bored and charging your battery?

You play the real thing. 

 Double fruit...

 Slice...

 Here is the aftermath...

And then guess who wanted to play??

15 years ago today...

15 years ago today, I met my beautiful  husband.

I am so grateful that the Lord knew what I needed in a relationship when I met him at 19 years old.

I love my husband dearly and cannot imagine life without him.

Happy Anniversary hunny!!!

Cannot wait to see what the next 15 years holds for us.

Seriously...

Seriously...how stinkin cute is this?

I will for sure be attempting this soon.

My little garden

My dream was always to grow a little garden of my own when I bought my first house.

Well, after A LOT of hard work, we succeeded! 

We have come such a long way in our backyard, however, we have such a long way to go.

Our backyard was a disaster when we first moved in!

Here is one "before" picture of a little side yard.

 This picture just does not do it justice of just how bad it really was.

The weeds were SO overgrown.

By the time I had taken this picture, we had removed a large amount already.

After removing every weed and every blade of grass,

Brian and I sifted through the dirt with a make shift strainer Brian made.

So...here is an "after" picture of my garden today:

So far, I have grown: Cilantro, lettuce, squash, spinach (the spinach didn't do so well)

The orange tree was relocated as I came to find out it was not a dwarf as I originally thought.

That might cause us some trouble.

Oh well. We'll see what happens.

Today I planted lettuce, basil, spinach, bell peppers, tomatoes, kale and rainbow chard.

PS-I have no idea what the heck chard is!!!

I am just super excited to grow stuff!!!

I am learning so much with every little harvest. 

I cannot wait to really live off of my land in my own backyard.

Stay tuned to see what my little garden looks like this spring.